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Svetlana Kuznetsova #2 def. Nathalie Dechy #74

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2008*
Tournament	Doha
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Nathalie Dechy

Stat	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nathalie Dechy
Aces	7	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	57	80
First serve points won %	70	52
Second serve points won %	43	50
Break points saved %	57	29
Break points converted %	71	43
Service points won %	58	52
Return points won %	48	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nathalie Dechy
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Jun 27, 1985	Feb 21, 1979
Age	22	29
Height	174	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	74
Ranking points (entering)	3,760	431
Elo (entering)	2,004	1,661
Career W-L	580–319	291–270
Career earnings	$25,816,890	$4,281,064

Pre-match H2H

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 – 2 Nathalie Dechy

Path

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2008	R16	Sybille Bammer	3-6 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Nathalie Dechy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2008	R64	Shuai Peng	1-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data